Forests provide 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity; yet each year over 10 million hectares of forests are lost to deforestation. The Forest Ecosystem Restoration Initiative (FERI), a collaborative project supported by the Korea Forest Service and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), is working to help countries achieve key biodiversity targets related to ecosystem restoration, habitat conservation, and forest rehabilitation through technical support, capacity building, and funding. This event featured successes and challenges associated with forest restoration, including current and future collaborative initiatives.